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Build a one-dimensional house and a -dimensional house to see which one is stronger.

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Have groups work together to paint buildings on butcher paper. Put the pictures together to form a neighborhood.

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bring in different sized empty boxed to build with

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bring in different sized empty boxed to build with

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Have students use sand to create different sand castles or water animal houses.

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In the writing station, hang examples of how to draw a house or building using basic shapes. Encourage students to draw their own while looking at the model.

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Working with a small group, have students draw a large building together and hang it in the dramatic play area. Ex. students can decide to make a hospital together, and then in dramatic play, students can role play working in a hospital.

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Use the paper bag house idea from the slides and make them spooky for Halloween.

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Using playdough to make different buildings. Discuss how you could make it stronger (investigation 3)

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Put letters on the blocks in the block center so students can build their names. Uppercase letters could be on bigger blocks and lowercase letters on smaller blocks.

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Cut noodles into 1 foot sections, then cut in half. Use play hammers and pound golf tees into the noodles for fine motor practice.

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Make a neighborhood mural and each add their home

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Make a neighborhood mural and each add their home

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Students building houses using the materials from the story.

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pictures in blocks for neighborhood buildings  and recreate those buildings

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pictures in blocks for neighborhood buildings  and recreate those buildings

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Add building materials, construction tools, and toy construction machines

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Bring in construction vests, hard hats, tool boxes, and pretend tools.

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Using small and large curves and straights to build letters with paper or blocks.

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Read Creepy Carrots and have students build a creepy carrot garden to keep the carrots in (or the bunnies out).

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Tape photos of student's homes onto blocks - they can build a neighborhood

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Have a book that is made up of different parts of the school or buildings in your school's neighborhood

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STEM activity - build a house for the 3 little pigs that won't blow down.

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STEM activity - build a house for the 3 little pigs that won't blow down.

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In the world of education, fairy tales and STEM principles are merging in an innovative teaching approach. By combining the classic fairy tale of "The Three Little Pigs" with its fractured fairy tale counterpart, "The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale," educators can craft unique STEM challenges that engage students. This approach revitalizes a classic story while practically introducing architectural design and engineering concepts.

These activities can be completed as individual STEM challenges or choose the activities you want students to complete and use them as 3 Little Pigs STEM Centers.
6 STEM Challenges for The Three Little Pigs
1. Create a Straw House Out of Plastic Straws and Play Dough

2. Build a Stick House Using Popsicle Sticks and Tape

3. Engineer a Brick House with LEGO Bricks

4. Create a House of Scraps Out of Index Cards, Toilet Paper Rolls, and Tape

5. Build a Glass House Using Magnetic Tiles

6. Engineer a Concrete House with Cardboard and Tape

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The Three Little Pigs STEM Activities and Challenges - Carly and Adam

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In the world of education, fairy tales and STEM principles are merging in an innovative teaching approach. By combining the classic fairy tale of "The Three Little Pigs" with its fractured fairy tale counterpart, "The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale," educators can craft

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Have students create a car wash during these warm days.

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Tape pictures of famous buildings onto blocks so kids can construct a city with them.

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Read the book, When I Build with Blocks, then display it in the block area for students to look at.

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Incorporate books about The different components of buildings. Incorporate books about architecture, shapes, different uses of buildings ( hospital, school, Grocery store).

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Print out task cards for block building structures - students try to imitate picture with blocks or follow steps to build buildings

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Ask families to bring in pictures of well known buildings from their travels and/or a picture of their child's favorite place to go. Make a display.

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Or making the patterns and make a stained glass window? Use wax paper, glue, and markers!

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Tape white butcher paper on the floor/wall/table and draw a map (roads). The kids will draw all different types of buildings of their choice. Post real building pictures around the center as models/examples.

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Have families bring in pictures of building they may have visited and create a class book

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Students can nail golf tees into pumpkins while wearing safety goggles.

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Collect different materials and put in discovery center for students to explore

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Set out a bunch of paper shapes and have students build a house with the shapes and glue it on their paper. Hang these in the blocks center for students to use as blueprints.

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virtual tour of a post office

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Post Office | Virtual Field Trip | KidVision Pre-K

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Creativity Street Gorilla Blocks Extra Large 66-Piece Building Blocks Set for Kids and Babies

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Give kids marshmallows and toothpick to build tower.

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add paint rollers, brushes, clean paint cans 

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add paint rollers, brushes, clean paint cans 

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building materials and talk about senses words to describe the materials

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encourage children to use props.

At the post office: write/deliver letters.

At the grocery store: shop and pay.

At the library: “check out” books.

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Show photos of real buildings ( castle, bridge, pyramid). Kids try to build them using blocks or Legos. Add labels or discuss which shapes they used.

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Order free boxes from the post office!

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Doing a family engagement activity where the kids put on the 3 little pigs play. They will build the 3 houses throughout the unit.

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Using the foam brick blocks and shaving cream, have students build different structures.

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Kinetic sand with mini bricks for kids to build structures in the sensory table

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Inspire My Play 25 Mini Silicone Building Bricks for Construction Play Bin - Creativity Sensory Bin Filler

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Get big boxes and make an obstacle course for kids to ride trikes around

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Lakeshore has a Construct a Letter where they build their letters.

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Use modeling clay to create buildings

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Students can learn about different textures of buildings by making crayon rubbings of different walls, doors, etc. Compare the texture of brick, stucco, drywall.

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Materials:

-Pre-cut various paper shapes

-glue

-paper

Procedures:

-SW glue various shapes to make their structures

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Glue sticks to make a building

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During outdoor play use Big waffle blocks to build

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Use magnetic tiles to build different types of buildings.

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Use magnetic tiles to build different types of buildings.

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Using materials to construct different buildings

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felt pieces for story retelling (3 little pigs)

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felt pieces for story retelling (3 little pigs)

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hang realistic/color photos of buildings surrounding the school for students to recreate

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Build houses found in different places around the world - Diversity

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Creating a school layout using blueprints 

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Creating a school layout using blueprints 

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Using blue construction paper create a layout blueprint of your school showing where your classroom is by using a star for your class. Using stickers or symbols of different areas in the school.

Use blocks and other materials to build part of or your whole school layout.

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Add "Construction Zone" and hazard tape to classroom doors so that as students enter they know we're learning about buildings

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Build an igloo using recyclables.

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Use laminated shape pieces to create structures.

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Use laminated shape pieces to create structures.

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Provide various materials

wooden sticks all sizes

Toothpicks

Cotton balls

Pipe cleaners

Sand paper

Glue

Students can pick items to build and create their own house or building.

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An In-Depth look into The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool Studies and How to Purposefully Plan_ Buildings

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